Awesome!
No one in the room is a fool. After hearing what Xiao Qi said, they understood why Baidu's fees are so cheap. They had thought of a new revenue model.
It was to turn the entire film and television base into a large-scale amusement park, and the film crew and celebrities in their hands were the game facilities in the amusement park, used to attract tourists. These tourists were where Baidu really made money, and the money it earned was much more than just collecting usage fees alone.
At the end of the evening party, Xiao Qi struck while the iron was hot and announced that the film and television base would be open to the public from the next day onwards. Xiao Qi also revealed that the film crew of < Romance of the Three Kingdoms > will be filming in the Film and Television Base, and all the celebrities will be there.
In the end, on the second day of the opening of the Film City, the entrance was completely jammed. More than 50,000 tourists flocked in within a day, and in the next few days, the average number of tourists per day was more than 20,000. In the whole of 1999, this was definitely a number that could show disdain for the national scenic spots.
Other than the Forbidden City, the Terracotta Army, the Great Wall, and a few other scenic spots, no other scenic spots can surpass the Film and Television Base.
While everyone in the country was curious about the sudden appearance of Shanghai Film City, a group of people at the Microsoft headquarters in the faraway state of Washington were looking at the data in their hands. Their faces were ashen, and their bodies were even trembling.
These people are Microsoft's top executives, and they are holding the MSN and QQ user growth report. From their expressions, it's obvious that the numbers on the report are not up to their expectations.
It's not satisfactory at all.
"Why is the difference so big? There is a difference of 8 million users! Tell me, where did this figure come from?! "Bill Gates is trembling as he questioned his top executives.
According to the report, the total number of QQ users in the world is 30 million, and MSN users are only 22 million.
Actually, these two figures are very impressive. After all, the total number of internet users in the world is only about 100 million. This is equivalent to one out of every two netizens have QQ or MSN installed on their computers.
If one were to calculate the number of installations last year, one would find that in seven months, the number of QQ and MSN users had more than doubled. This growth rate was really terrifying. If it weren't for this bet, the staff in charge of the MSN project would all be receiving bonuses.
But with QQ as a reference, MSN's success is not considered a success.
QQ users are 3 million more than MSN, and this means QQ users had increased by 5 million more than MSN users in seven months.
There are only five months left until the end of the bet. How difficult was it to make up for the difference of 5 million in 5 months? It was almost an impossible task.
That's why Bill Gates is worried. If Microsoft loses, Microsoft's losses will be unimaginable.
Don't think Microsoft will only lose face if they lose. The loser will lose the entire instant messaging software market.
After seven months of development, everyone in Microsoft and the rest of the internet knows how important instant messaging software is to the internet.
51sSearch's CEO, Mr. Huang, said in an interview that instant messaging software will be the next 51sSearch if there is an instant messaging software that can dominate the market.
Once this software is listed, its market value will not be lower than 51sSearch.
The rest of Microsoft cannot bear to see MSN fail. After all, 51sSearch's market value is only slightly lower than Microsoft. If MSN's market value is the same as 51sSearch in the future, Microsoft's market value will increase by several folds.
At this thought, everyone in Microsoft decided to support MSN. As long as they can get rid of QQ, MSN can rule the world.
But when this report was released, everyone in Microsoft fell silent.
"Chairman, I think the data in this report is inaccurate. The situation is not as exaggerated as what the report states!" An executive stood out and said.
"Oh!" Bill Gates looks better. That's right. Microsoft had used all sorts of methods to support MSN and had spent tens of millions of USD on advertising. How can MSN lose to QQ? This must be because of the data they had collected.
After all, all surveys are based on a small number of samples, and it's normal for there to be mistakes.
"Chairman, I had studied this report and found out that their survey is conducted in the United States. More than 1,000 samples are from the United States, and most of them are from the United States. But we are calculating the number of installs worldwide, and the figures from a single country are not accurate. That's why this survey does not count. "
"That's right!" Bill Gates and the rest nodded. That's right. Anyone who has studied statistics will know that global figures must be investigated globally. Only the United States' figures are inaccurate, and this survey does not count.
But they seem to have forgotten that MSN, as a local company in the United States, had fallen behind by 8 million in the United States' figures. If they were to conduct a global survey, they would fall behind by even more.
Of course, these elites did not think of this. It's just that their eyes do not allow them to think about this. They just want to be ostriches.
"Then when we do the final comparison, how will the figures be calculated?" An executive asked curiously.
It's unrealistic to use a questionnaire to determine the final result. After all, there are too many places for cheating. If either party loses, they will not admit the result.
"The final result will be monitored and announced by the World Computing Federation!" An MSN executive explained, "After the agreement is made, the World Computing Federation will send representatives into the control rooms of MSN and QQ respectively to monitor all the data. On the last day, the backend data obtained by each side will be summarized and compared."
"In order to ensure fairness, the World Computing Federation will send 10 representatives from different countries to each company. Only when the 10 representatives sign unanimously will it take effect. At the same time, the entire monitoring process will be backed up. From a professional point of view, the probability of cheating is very small. The probability is not more than 1%. "
"Then can we get the data from QQ now?"
"It's difficult. It's written in the contract that they are not allowed to release the data in advance. Those representatives have no right to communicate with the outside world. It's very difficult for us to get the other party's data!"
"This means that before October 1st, none of us can get the other party's accurate data. The results can only be out on October 1st!"
"Yes."
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